Office 2010 Beta Released

[ray]

http://gizmodo.com/5407212/microsoft-office-2010-beta-is-now-available

There's a lot new about Office 2010: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook all come with evolved UIs, taking cues from Office 2007's "ribbon" UI by using tabs instead of traditional menus. Word offers the new "backstage view," which replaces the old File menu with a sort of visual representation of it: You'll get a sidebar with live previews, which could come in handy for things like print preview. Besides that, Word (along with PowerPoint and Excel) also adds minor photo and video editing tools like color adjustment, cropping and trimming. PowerPoint brings the new "broadcast slideshow" feature, allowing you to beam a presentation to any connected PC with a one-click interface; and Excel adds some smart enhancements like automatically shading the highest numbers in a given chart, and Sparklines, which are word-sized graphs that can be added inside charts.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/

[pd123]

I would be interested to try it, how can I get a copy of the beta, when does the beta expire if I install it?
From your link... "Right now, it's just technically available for Technet and MSDN subscribers, but you should be able to get a copy in another way, if you know what we mean"

[ray]

http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/download-office-professional-plus/default.aspx

Beta expires October 31, 2010

[Cheesypuff]

i've been using it this past week, it's pretty much the same at 2k7, though i never really used 2k7 much (i've only fiddled around with it on other peoples computer) I'm jumping from 2k3 to office 2010. It's definitely a weird layout, and it's something i gotta get used to. But it does the job so far.